diff --git a/test/tests/openwrt_docker_test.py b/test/tests/openwrt_docker_test.py
index 0e8b206..589b13c 100644
--- a/test/tests/openwrt_docker_test.py
+++ b/test/tests/openwrt_docker_test.py
@@ -231,8 +231,10 @@ def wait_for_openwrt_startup(docker_services):
 
 def wait_for_specific_log(docker_services, log):
     try:
+        # It seems to be that the free GitHub actions runners are really busy sometimes. Use a huge timeout here
+        # 600 s = 10 minutes are not enough. Let's use 20 minutes = 1200 s
         docker_services.wait_until_responsive(
-        timeout=600.0, pause=1, check=lambda: is_specific_log(log)
+        timeout=1200.0, pause=1, check=lambda: is_specific_log(log)
     )
     except Exception as excinfo:
             print(get_logs())